>>99677289According to some articles I read, he was pretty infamous for working absurdly long hours even as an old man. I think the closest thing there is to a "flaw" about Rogers is that he would constantly work at home. It got to the point where his wife would worry about him since he'd spend hours rewriting the same page again and again, looking visibly pissed at himself and feeling frustrated a lot of the time.
Rogers wasn't some sheltered, happy-go-lucky guy either. He was clearly aware of how fucked up the world is since he regularly consulted with social workers to write his show. He probably heard countless stories about kids living in the roughest circumstances imaginable in the United States (and elsewhere on the news) and that motivated him to constantly fight for more funding for PBS and public education programs. Radio was an extremely important influence for him as a kid (the main reason he pursued a music career as a young man), and I guess he seriously believed that television could inspire the next generation of children in the same way.
As corny as that sounds, I think most of us on /co/ have a childhood show that's very near and dear to our hearts. A TV show or cartoon being a source of inspiration or comfort is something that's very real for lots of kids, whether or not we want to admit it.
